Chapter 49 On the Eve of the Competition

The purpose of the CQWW_DX competition is to enable amateur radio enthusiasts around the world to connect to more divisions and countries as much as possible.

The start time is the last weekend of November every year, starting on time at 0:00 on Saturday and ending at 24:00 on Sunday.

The day of the CQWW_DX competition has finally arrived.

On this day, countless hams around the world sat excitedly in front of their beloved radio station, wearing headphones, waiting for the opening signal sent by the official American CQ magazine of the game.

China is located in the East Eighth District, so the time is eight hours earlier than the UTC time, so the game starts on time at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning.

On this day, the hams in China got up early and began to prepare. In order to have the energy to persist for 48 hours, many people have begun to refresh themselves a few days ago. They not only prepared the radio equipment, but also prepared food and drinking water for two or three days. Of course, if you want to fight for a long time, Quilts and blankets are also indispensable.

Duan Fei and Xu Wenle had gathered in the office compound after three o'clock in the morning, and then went to the northwest suburbs. When they arrived there, it was not yet dawn.

According to the weather forecast, it will be sunny to cloudy in Beijing these two days. Although it is not the most ideal weather, it basically does not affect the game.

Xu Wenjing did not fall, and this time with her, there are two reporter friends, one is intern reporter Zhong Yun, and the other is the reporter plateau in charge of photography.

"Quiet, where is their radio station?" Zhong Yun actually just arrived. At this moment, she is not in a good mental state. For this interview, she hardly slept all night. This is her first independent interview since she participated in the internship, so she is a little too excited.

"In the northwest suburbs, which is located on the edge of Inner Mongolia, about two hours' drive away."

Xu Wenjing is completely different. She went to bed early yesterday and refreshed herself.

In fact, she originally wanted to contact her ham friends on the radio, but it may be because everyone was actively preparing for the event. Yesterday, the frequency band was extremely deserted, and Xu Wenjing could not contact the person she wanted to contact, so she had to learn from her brother early and go back to bed like a big brother.

Zhong Yun covered her little mouth and yawned and asked, "Is it so far away?" Why is the radio station so far away? Isn't it good to put it here?

Zhong Yun is tall and has a cute face. Her lazy look has a unique charm, which makes the eyes of the boys present focus on her inadvertently.

Xu Wenjing installed film on her camera and said, "Sister Yun, the environment here is not good."

"Is the environment not good?" Zhong Yun looked at the compound where she was at this moment doubtfully. "The environment here is very good. It's very quiet."

The greening around here is also good. Because there are soldiers standing guard at the door, there are usually no idle people waiting in. In her eyes, this place is much better than other places.

Xu Wenle, who has been following here, took the opportunity to come over: "Sister Yun, the environment Xiaojing said is not the environment you imagined, but refers to the surrounding radio environment. Although it seems quiet here, in fact, there are too many radio interference in the air, and it is not easy to set up powerful antennas.

In fact, Xu Wenle still hasn't said a point. The reason why they went to the jurisdiction of Inner Mongolia is that in addition to making good use of the powerful facilities there, another important factor is that it is more conducive to their competition scores.

According to the rules of the competition, the final score of the participants, the results: the final results of all participants are equal to the sum of the basic points of all QSOs" multiplied by the sum of the number of connected divisions and the coefficients of national regions.

In short, the total score is equal to the basic score multiplied by the coefficient score.

The basic score is obtained based on ability and skills, but the coefficient score can be used to make some tricks by moving your own partition.

There is still a big difference between the competition platform in Beijing and Inner Mongolia. After all, Beijing is a region with more hams.

Assuming that the competition platform is in Beijing, there is no coefficient to get a connection with the ham in your own district, that is, Beijing. It's different in Inner Mongolia. Every time you connect with a Beijing ham, you can get 1 coefficient score. You know, there are a lot of hams in Beijing. If you accumulate it, the final result of the game may increase many times.

Of course, the rules of the game tend to encourage long-distance connection, which is mainly reflected in the basic part.

If the competition station is connected with radio stations in different continents, the basic score is 3 points; if it is connected with radio stations in the same continent but different countries, the basic score is 1 point. If you connect with the radio stations in your own country and region, it will only be counted as a coefficient score, and the foundation will be lost.

So, in general, Chinese ham competition must be the most cost-effective to contact ham outside Asia, but such a long-distance communication not only tests the radio operation skills and rich experience of ham, but also has to do so on many other factors. For example, the antenna of the radio station, the surrounding electromagnetic environment, the customization of the competition strategy, the connecting frequency band and the timing are even related to the activities of sunspots. Of course, the competition platform will also encounter all kinds of unexpected external interference factors during the competition. Therefore, in order to get good results, it requires not only luck, but also very adequate preparation.

The group drove to the "base" in the northwest suburbs. After arriving there, Zhong Yun found that the facilities here were too beyond her imagination.

She looked at the "military heavyland" sign that was a little dazzling by the light flashed in her vision, and couldn't help whispering to Xu Wenjing, "Jingjing, why is there a 'military heavy land' sign here?"

"This place was temporarily borrowed by my brother." Xu Wenjing said with an indifferent face.

In their world, although this kind of thing is indeed a little exaggerated, it is not difficult to accept. There are more crazy people in the circle. Their small circle is still the most conservative one in the capital, which is called a typical "good baby" by others.

Although Zhong Yun is also from Beijing, she is a child born in an ordinary worker's family, so all the way, what she saw has greatly impacted the world outlook she originally established.

No wonder before she came, her master told her that although the interview was not technical, it was very rare. If she could have a good relationship with this group of young people, her future might be smooth from now on.